Images of Brookland: Event! Brookland sale & signing at CUA Homecoming

Sunday, October 16, 2011

Event! Brookland sale & signing at CUA Homecoming

Come out to the Homecoming Game at CUA's Raymond A. DuFour Athletic Field next Saturday and get your copy of Brookland!

October 22nd
1pm
Raymond A. DuFour Athletic Center Field
at Taylor Street & Hawaii Avenue NE

Brookland co-author John Feeley will be there autographing books and selling other historic Brookland items.

You can read about this and other Brookland book events at http://www.brooklanddchistory.com/upcoming.html

Feel free to share your comments and stories of Brookland at brooklandbook@gmail.com.

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About the Book

Brookland is a new publication in the Images of America series published by Arcadia Publishing. Like the other books in this series, it uses archival photographs to present distinctive stories from the past that shape the character of the community today. Its images and text celebrate Brookland and bring to life its fascinating history.

Brookland D.C. is located in the North East corner of Washington, D.C. It is a neighborhood with strong connections to Howard and Catholic Universities, the Catholic Church, and Washington's black intelligentsia. Its rich past is well preserved in its architecture, historic sites, and social institutions. It is a thriving middle-class neighborhood and a place full of family stories. It is a place graced by beautiful institutional open spaces, woods, and large backyards. Above all, Brookland is a place of history. The Brooks' Mansion, the Twelfth Street business corridor, the Franciscan Monastery, Fort Bunker Hill, and the Ralph Bunche House — each site tells another story of Brookland.

About the Authors

John J. Feeley Jr. is a Brookland native. He grew up roaming around Turkey Thicket, the woods of Sisters College, Fort Bunker Hill, and all the sites of old Brookland. When he took the 1965 Brookland Tour, an insatiable interest in all things Brookland was sparked that has yet to be satisfied.

Rosie Dempsey's Brookland roots date back to her parents, who met and married there. Rosie and her husband bought their c. 1896 home 25 years ago and joined numerous relatives in Brookland. The example of her cousin, Helen D. Young, inspired Dempsey to embrace civic life and neighborhood history.